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# 

 SimpleCirc Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on August 26, 2026

Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team.

[Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[FAQs](#faqs)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Integrations](#integrations)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews)

SimpleCirc

## What is SimpleCirc?

SimpleCirc helps magazine and newspaper publishers streamline their subscriber management to save time & money and grow their audience. Automate routine tasks, simplify your process, and take back control of your circulation. We even made switching to SimpleCirc simple! Most publishers make the switch in less than a day.

## What is SimpleCirc used for?

[Publishing and Subscriptions](https://www.capterra.com/publishing-and-subscriptions-software/)

Top alternative

Featured

Overall rating

Based on 28 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

Positive

93%

Neutral

4%

Negative

4%

Starting price

$99

Flat Rate, Per Month

Free trial  
available

Free version not included

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### SimpleCirc

4.7 (28)

VS.

[4.7 (7,345)](https://www.capterra.com/p/48969/Adobe-Creative-Cloud/reviews/)

Starting Price

$99

Flat Rate, Per Month

Starting Price

$52.99

Flat Rate, Per Month

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.8 (28)

Ease Of Use

4.2 (14,931)

Value For Money

4.9 (27)

Value For Money

4.2 (11,175)

Customer Service

4.7 (27)

Customer Service

4.2 (9,950)

## SimpleCirc alternatives

Highest Rated

[4.8 (352)](https://www.capterra.com/p/77189/The-Magazine-Manager/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

97%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[4.6 (310)](https://www.capterra.com/p/176854/Flipsnack/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

93%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[4.6 (21)](https://www.capterra.com/p/178968/LaunchPad-Media-Management/reviews/)

Starting price

$100.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

95%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[WordPress](https://www.capterra.com/p/131687/WordPress/)

[4.6 (14,996)](https://www.capterra.com/p/131687/WordPress/reviews/)

Starting price

$9.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

93%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/131687/WordPress/)

[View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/168194/SimpleCirc/alternatives/)

## FAQs about SimpleCirc

Overview

### Which roles and teams benefit most from SimpleCirc?

SimpleCirc is most used by publishers, editors, and circulation teams that manage subscriber databases, renewals, print distribution, and issue fulfillment. Business and operations leaders use it to track revenue, reporting, and billing workflows, while design and advertising teams benefit from smoother coordination between audience management, production, and sales activities.

Answer based on 28 reviews

Overview

### What company size and industries is SimpleCirc built for?

SimpleCirc is built for small businesses in publishing, with 100% of reviewers from small companies and 48% in Publishing. It also serves Newspapers at 15% and Media Production at 11%. The product is aimed at magazine and newspaper publishers, especially for publishing and subscription management.

Answer based on 28 reviews

Features and Usability

### What are the key features of SimpleCirc?

SimpleCirc offers promotions management, circulation management, and subscription management for publishing workflows. It also includes content management, CRM, and email marketing for audience and campaign handling, plus customizable branding, customizable templates, and template management. Reporting & statistics, real-time analytics, activity dashboard, and data visualization support performance tracking, with API and third-party integrations.

Pricing

### How much does it cost and what fees or limitations are included?

SimpleCirc starts at $99/month flat rate for the Essentials plan, while Pro costs 179/month. A free trial is available, and both plans include up to 2,500 active subscribers. Reviewers often call the price reasonable, but some note limits around refunds, auto-renew options, and certain third-party sales workflows.

Answer based on 15 reviews

Integrations

### Which third-party tools and platforms does SimpleCirc integrate with?

SimpleCirc integrates with 10 third-party tools, including PayPal, PayPal Enterprise Payments, Stripe, authorize.net, PayWay, Mailchimp, Constant Contact, iContact, Uberflip, and Zapier. It also connects to Meta for Business through Pixel tracking, covering payment, email marketing, publishing, and automation needs.

Answer based on 3 reviews

Getting Started and Support

### What training and onboarding options does SimpleCirc offer?

SimpleCirc provides live online training sessions for teams getting started. These sessions support guided setup and allow users to ask questions in real time. No other training formats are listed in the catalog data for SimpleCirc.

Answer based on 3 reviews

Getting Started and Support

### What customer support options does SimpleCirc offer?

SimpleCirc provides email/help desk, phone support, and 24/7 live rep assistance. Reviewers often describe the team as quick, helpful, and highly responsive, though one notes that support documentation could be stronger and another says software fixes and improvements feel limited.

Answer based on 6 reviews

## Features

AI summary

Based on 1,213 Publishing and Subscriptions reviews

Capterra reviewers highlight these as the features buyers value most when choosing publishing and subscriptions software:

-   **Layout & Design** (**45%** of reviewers rated this feature as critical)
-   **Customizable Branding** (**44%**)
-   **SEO Management** (**47%**)

SimpleCirc includes **Customizable Branding**, which helps publishers maintain a consistent brand experience across subscriber touchpoints. However, it does not include **Layout & Design** or **SEO Management**. Instead, the product offers **Content Management** (**40%**) and **Customizable Templates** (**53%**), giving teams other useful ways to organize digital content and tailor presentation without relying on advanced design or search optimization tools. These features can help businesses manage publishing workflows more efficiently and create branded subscriber experiences.

Customizable Branding

4.3 (6)

83.33% of 6 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Add customized logos and colors to align with company branding

Content Management

4.3 (4)

75.00% of 4 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Handles digital content throughout its lifecycle, from creation and storage to distribution and archiving

Customizable Templates

4.0 (1)

100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Pre-designed layouts that can be customized to match preferences and requirements

Subscription Management

4.6 (12)

83.33% of 12 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Process of managing customer subscription lifecycle for a recurring service or a product

Circulation Management

4.4 (9)

66.67% of 9 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Overseeing distribution of published materials, such as books, newspapers, magazines, etc.

Customizable Reports

4.3 (4)

75.00% of 4 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Alter the layout and content of reports

SimpleCirc 23 features

### All Features
- Access Controls/Permissions: Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems
- Activity Dashboard: Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities
- API: Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases
- Circulation Management: Overseeing distribution of published materials, such as books, newspapers, magazines, etc.
- Content Management: Handles digital content throughout its lifecycle, from creation and storage to distribution and archiving
- CRM: Built-in customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities or integration with a third-party CRM system
- Customizable Branding: Add customized logos and colors to align with company branding
- Customizable Reports: Alter the layout and content of reports
- Customizable Templates: Pre-designed layouts that can be customized to match preferences and requirements
- Data Visualization: Graphical representation of data
- Email Marketing: Create and send email blasts/campaigns
- Magazines: For magazine publishers
- Mobile Access: Access software remotely via mobile devices
- Newsletters: For newsletter publishers
- Newspapers: Used by newspaper publishers
- Performance Metrics: A set of indicators that tracks the performance of networks, applications, systems, teams, etc.
- Promotions Management: Design, communicate, and distribute incentives to perform a specific action
- Real-Time Analytics: Analyze and gain insights into data in real-time
- Reporting & Statistics: Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns
- Search/Filter: Search and filter data across systems to locate required information by entering keywords or certain criteria
- Subscription Management: Process of managing customer subscription lifecycle for a recurring service or a product
- Template Management: Create, save, and re-purpose templates for emails, forms, etc.
- Third-Party Integrations: Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

---

Features

4.3 (28)

4.3

Based on 28 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.9 (27)

Free Trial

[View pricing plan details](https://www.capterra.com/p/168194/SimpleCirc/pricing/)

Essentials

$99.00

Flat Rate,Per Month

It includes:

-   Upto 2500 actice subscribers

Pro

$179.00

Flat Rate,Per Month

It includes:

-   Up to 2500 actve subscribers

Value for money

4.9 (27)

4.9

Based on 27 reviews

## Integrations

[

PayPal](https://www.capterra.com/p/207944/PayPal/)[

Stripe](https://www.capterra.com/p/123889/Stripe/)[

Zapier](https://www.capterra.com/p/130182/Zapier/)[

Constant Contact](https://www.capterra.com/p/31898/Constant-Contact/)[

iContact](https://www.capterra.com/p/221118/iContact/)[

authorize.net](https://www.capterra.com/p/221412/authorizenet/)[

Uberflip](https://www.capterra.com/p/124885/Uberflip/)[

PayPal Enterprise Payments](https://www.capterra.com/p/213069/Braintree/)

## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.7 (27)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

4.7 (27)

4.7

Based on 27 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.7

Based on 28 reviews

Filter by rating

5(22)

4(4)

3(1)

2(1)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

KT

Kat T.

CEO

Oil & Energy

### "Should've kept searching"

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

2.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

1.0

1.0

Likelihood to Recommend

4/10

January 13, 2026

Leaves more to be desired. Customer support needs to greatly improve, software fixes and improvements would keep this software fresh and in demand but no plans to improve some of the problems and limitations makes this software seem like a cheap alternative to better options on the market.

Pros

Emailed renewal notices. This makes sending and processing renewals much easier for our small staff.

Cons

Quite the list. I initially thought this would solve the bulk of of our circulation issues. First, not including a date option for vacation holds to end was an oversight on development. Support for customers is insulting. Responses including 3-5 word sentences tell me you do not value your customers or their choice to use SimpleCirc over other options. Feels like more work goes into gaining new publications with less focus on retention. Also, processing auto renews after subscriptions have expired causes unnecessary interruptions to digital access. When I raised the concern and asked for a fix, I received another 4 word email response telling me this cannot be fixed. Software is supposed to evolve and improvement's and fixes should consistently be rolled out. Why is it possible to enter a date for an address to be updated but not offer the same for vacations. Expiration dates should not land on the same date as publication dates. We should also be allowed to delete payments that are refunded, or at a minimum have an toggle option showing the transaction was refunded. So far our cons outweigh the pros so I am not certain we will continue with this software after the one year mark unless improvements are rolled out. I also strongly encourage alternatives to who is currently offering client support. I get the sense that he is annoyed anytime he has to respond to my emails so unless there is a commission at the end of your correspondence, expect short, dry, and increasingly passive aggressive, albeit, swift responses. The initial claim was "For Publishers, by Publishers," but it is clear that the people who handle and work in circulation were an afterthought because these problems wouldn't exist if their feedback was considered during development. I wish I had more positives or a more balanced review but so far this is my honest feedback after 6 months using this software.

Switched from

[Interlink Software](https://www.capterra.com/p/179557/Interlink-Software/)

Wanted a web based software that could be accessed remotely

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

DM

Doug M.

Controller

Newspapers

### "SimpleCirc is Awesome"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

August 19, 2024

Easy to convert, Simple to Operate. A game changer in simplicity and functionality for our small publications.

Pros

Simple, Intuitive, Easy to Use, Easy To Understand, Clear, Logical, Not Overly engineered.

Cons

Anything could always be better, but this product has very few things it is lacking!

Switched from

[Firefox](https://www.capterra.com/p/228987/Firefox/)

Old product was on its last legs after 25 years!

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

BS

Bryan S.

Publisher

Newspapers

### "Keep it simple, Keep it Perfect"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

January 25, 2024

Awesome. When we find a vendor that is this easy to work with we love it.

Pros

I love that it simply works and is correct each and every time.

Cons

I don't really have any complaints with SimpleCirc. If I had anything it would be nice if SimpleCirc could provide routine assistance or review for us and help us, particularly with the things we may not know.

Switched from

[Subscription Genius](https://www.capterra.com/p/150952/Subscription-Genius/)

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

TK

Tim K.

Art Director

Arts and Crafts

### "New interface"

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

3.0

Ease of Use

2.0

2.0

Features

1.0

1.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

5/10

October 11, 2023

Pros

I really enjoyed SimpleCirc until you redesigned it.

Cons

Your new interface is horrible. The graphs on the homepage were good. The new interface is about as bad as it can be.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

MD

Mike D.

Director and editor

Farming

### "Simplecirc has solved, and is still solving, circulation and sales issues which we did ourselves"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

October 4, 2023

Getting teh renewal messages out is wonderful, as is seeing the renewals coming in.

Pros

The list management system is intuitive,, and clearly written by a publisher

Cons

Minor criticism about using it. As a one-man publisher it can seem complicated. A film showing how a publication like Practical Farm Ideas has used it would be good.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

BR

Becky R.

GM

Publishing

### "SimpleCirc lives up to it's name"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

July 21, 2023

Finally a product that says what it will do and it does it!

Pros

It's simple for us and simple for subscribers to use. YAY!

Cons

Would love the ability to run our online store from the system also.

Reasons for choosing SimpleCirc

Cost for the first. The second, The vendor could not provide access to the digital edition from their system to our subscribers--would not interface with BlueToad.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

SI

Sharla I.

Publisher/Editor

Renewables & Environment

### "Easy to use and budget friendly"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

January 29, 2023

Pros

SimpleCirc allows me to easily manage our subscriptions and renewals with a few clicks without spending a fortune.

Cons

I would like to be able to use Constant Contact for renewals but I think that is still in the works.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AW

Alan W.

Publisher

Publishing

### "Good solution "

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

January 26, 2023

SimpleCirc replaced a very old, custom-built circulation management system and is quite the upgrade. We truly love it.

Pros

I needed a system that would bring circulation management under one umbrella. SimpleCirc has fit the bill perfectly. Easy to use. I particularly like the renewal efforts, email and while mail.

Cons

I would use the SimpleCirc e-edition if I could embed it on my website also. That has been my one and only disappointment.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

FN

Florian N.

Editor-in-Chief

Publishing

### "Finally an in-house solution for small and medium-sized publishers"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

January 12, 2023

We use SimpleCirc daily. It's easy to use and we're glad we made the switch. Migrating such large databases is never fun or easy, but SimpleCirc did an outstanding job.

Pros

The integration was very easy. SimpleCirc has all the features we previously had with a custom-built in-house software plus way more. Customer service is top notch. Auto-renew was a big reason we switched, but it takes a year to see it fully work.

Cons

The emails are limited in styling. On the dashboard you see how many active subscribers you have, but I'd also like to see how many active issues. Some subscribers get more than one issue, and having the issue numbers is very helpful when working on the print order. Of course I can get that number in 30 seconds by pulling a report and totaling the issues column.

Reasons for choosing SimpleCirc

The other option we considered was fully outsourcing this department. In the end it's much nicer to do everything ourselves and keep the connection with our readers.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

RG

Rodrigo G.

CEO

Publishing

### "Essential for Publishers"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

January 9, 2023

Pros

Automated renewal efforts and customizable HTML templates.

Cons

Merchandise and upsell display options are limited.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

[View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/168194/SimpleCirc/reviews/)

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